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Rushware was one of the great publishers in Europe in the 80s.
Next to software Rushware also sold hardware as the datasettes under its own name.


History

Rushware Microhandelsgesellschaft mbH was founded as a software distribution department in 1984 by Rush Records.
In 1986 Softgold was founded as subsidiary of Rushware.
At the beginning of the 1990s the company Rainbow Arts was bought and integrated.
Rushware was bought in 1991 and combined with Softgold to become Funsoft Holding GmbH.

In 1998 the Rushware Microhandelsgesellschaft mbH, and its subsidiaries were bought by THQ Inc.
On December 27th 2000 the Rushware Microhandelsgesellschaft mbH was renamed THQ Entertainment GmbH.


Epyx & LucasArts

Rushware published many games by Epyx and LucasArts in Germany.
Rushware published the Epyx Games not only in the German-speaking region as their packings were bilingual. Rereleases were mostly published by Softgold.
Later releases were mainly published by Softgold.

Rushware labels:

Softgold (1986)
TopShots (Softgold) - budget re-release label. Predominantly re-released Rainbow Arts games, but also re-released productions by Starbyte.
Euro Gold Starline (Softgold) - Full price label
reLINE [NO SUCH RELEASE] - Full price label
Euro Gold (Softgold) - Budget label
Rainbow Arts (Softgold) - Full price label
Golden Goblins (Rainbow Arts)
Time Warp (Rainbow Arts)